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Closeted or In The Closet is a term when someone has told very few or no individuals about their sexual orientation, gender identity, or another queer identity.

Someone may be closeted around some individuals and not others. For example, if someone has told their friends about their sexuality or gender but not their parents, they would be "out of the closet" around their friends but "closeted" to their parents.

Some reasons someone might be closeted include the following:

Safety; one may be stuck in a queerphobic family, community, and/or a location where queerness is illegal or punishable in some way.

Unsure about their identity; someone might be sure they are queer in some way, but have not discovered a label for themselves or are unsure about what they feel.

Fear of acceptance; they might fear that they won't be accepted by friends and family, even if they are safe to do so.

Internalized queerphobia; someone might be in denial/against their own identity, and due to this, remains closeted as to convince themselves it "can't be true" while knowing subconsciously that it is.

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 [[File:Closeted flag.png|thumb|Touchasexual's/Touchcreator's closted flag]]
-[[File:Closeted Pride Flag alt.png|thumb|Alternate closeted flag by @enbysapphics]]
+[[File:Closeted Pride Flag alt.png|thumb|Alternate closeted flag by @enbysapphics]][[File:Transcloseted.png|thumb|The Transcloseted flag, made by Tivian]]'''Closeted''' or '''In The Closet''' is a term when someone has told very few or no individuals about their [[Sexual Orientation|sexual orientation]], [[Gender|gender identity]], or another [[queer]] identity.
-'''Closeted''' or '''in the closet''' is a term when someone has told very few or no people about their [[Sexual Orientation|sexual orientation]] or [[Gender|gender identity]].
-Someone may be closeted around some people and not others. For example, if someone has told their friends about their sexuality or gender but not their parents, they would be "out of the closet" around their friends but "closeted" to their parents.
+Someone may be closeted around some individuals and not others. For example, if someone has told their friends about their sexuality or gender but not their parents, they would be "out of the closet" around their friends but "closeted" to their parents.
-==Reasons someone might be closeted==
+Some reasons someone might be closeted include the following:
-*Safety Reasons- they might be in an highly homophobic family or community and there is a real possibility that they could be hurt/killed/kicked out of their house/disowned, etc.
+* Safety; one may be stuck in a [[Queerphobia|queerphobic]] family, community, and/or a location where queerness is illegal or punishable in some way.
-*Unsure about their identity- Someone might be sure they are [[Queer]] in some way, but have not discovered a label for themselves or are unsure about what they feel.
-*[[File:Transcloseted.png|thumb|The Transcloseted flag, made by Tivian]]Fear of Acceptance- They might fear that they won't be accepted by friends and family, even if they are safe to do so.
+*Unsure about their identity; someone might be sure they are queer in some way, but have not discovered a label for themselves or are unsure about what they feel.
+* Fear of acceptance; they might fear that they won't be accepted by friends and family, even if they are safe to do so.
+* Internalized queerphobia; someone might be in denial/against their own identity, and due to this, remains closeted as to convince themselves it "can't be true" while knowing subconsciously that it is.
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